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Josh Reynolds charged with grade-two dangerous throw in New South Wales State of Origin win

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Thu May 29 08:19:19 EST 2014

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Josh Reynolds and Beau Scott of the Blues up-end Brent Tate.

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Josh Reynolds is facing the heartbreak of missing the second State of Origin clash in three weeks' time after being slugged with a grade-two dangerous throw in New South Wales' 12-8 win over Queensland.

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The Blues five-eighth was placed on report in the first half after lifting and flipping Maroons winger Brent Tate on to his back.

Beau Scott, who was also part of the tackle, was hit with a grade-one charge and will be free from suspension should he take the early guilty plea.

Reynolds will accrue 243 points if he pleads guilty and with Canterbury having a bye this weekend he would miss the second game at Sydney's Olympic Stadium on June 18.

The Bulldogs have until 12pm on Thursday to submit a plea and should they opt to seek a downgrade then he would appear before the NRL judiciary at 6:00pm that evening.

If he fails then he would sit out three games.

Daley praised injury-hit Blues

Proud Blues coach Laurie Daley believes his injury-hit outfit's gutsy series-opening State of Origin upset will unite New South Wales like never before.

Daley revealed that four of his players should not have been on Lang Park after copping serious injuries that will sideline them in the weeks to come.

But the likes of captain Paul Gallen, the Morris twins and Anthony Watmough all hung tough amid Queensland's late onslaught for a cherished 12-8 victory.

We have blokes that courageously battled away and should have come off but stayed out there because we needed them to.

Laurie Daley

Daley hailed it as the most courageous victory he has ever been involved with as player or coach, such was his pride at the performance in the pulsating encounter.

Winger Brett Morris epitomised the Blues efforts by staying on the field after dislocating his shoulder in scoring New South Wales' opening try in the 19th minute.

Not only did Morris finish the game but he also pulled off a pivotal try-saving tackle in the corner on Darius Boyd with five minutes to play.

His brother Josh finished with the most serious injury, a suspected tear of knee ligaments, which has him in grave doubt for the rest of the series.

Watmough suffered a biceps problem while Gallen has a neck injury, courtesy of massive hit from behind by Josh Papalii.

"We had a truck-load of injuries," Daley said.

"We have blokes that courageously battled away and should have come off but stayed out there because we needed them to.

"They dug deep. We've talked about about Origin and digging deep and they showed it tonight in truck-loads."

Daley said the manner of the backs-to-the-wall effort, combined with some dubious late refereeing calls that went the home side's way, showed that Queensland do not have a monopoly on passion and spirit.

"For the boys to do what they did under those conditions, I'm one extremely happy coach and I'm certain the whole state would be happy," he said.

"And I think this win would have united us like never before."

Gallen backed his coach's comments, claiming it was the best New South Wales win he had been involved in.

But the inspirational lock warned the Blues needed to improve in game two in Sydney in three weeks as "Queensland will get better".

Full-back Jarryd Hayne was a thoroughly deserving man of the match, proving a constant thorn in Queensland's side - both in attack and defence.

Hayne set up Morris' early try and then scored one of his own in the 33rd minute by rolling over the top of Johnathan Thurston for a 10-4 lead.

Daley praised the efforts of rookie halves Josh Reynolds and Trent Hodkinson but they may be split up for the rematch with Reynolds charged with a grade two dangerous throw on Brent Tate.

The Bulldog is required to make his plea on Thursday and the only way he can be free to play would be if he was found not guilty or successfully applied to have the charge downgraded.